[T3] Wire Question

[Mike Fisher]

Do you still have a triangular bracket welded to the left/rear of the
engine compartment?  You have to grind it open/off to get the test port
wiring harness off in 1 piece.  BTDT

On Thu, Jan 31, 2013 at 8:13 AM, Daniel K. Du Vall
<dduvall at 1peter4-10.org>wrote:

> Thanks I am going to assume that is the case with this car now and
> probably clean it up a bit more the wire will come in handy for my install
> any how ;-)
>
> Daniel Du Vall
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> Subject: Re: [T3] Wire Question
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> In a message dated 1/30/2013 7:10:43 P.M. Eastern Standard Time,
> dduvall at 1peter4-10.org writes:
>
> That might be as the Bentley shows two wires that come off the  start that
> match the colors but on have a number (50) and the (+) on them and  they
> terminate shortly after the starter picture. Also looks like the original
>  bend on the bundle would have routed it around over to the drivers site
> where it might have gone over to the mount where that diagnostic connector
> used to be. I sure hate it when people butcher wiring harnesses.
>
>
> If you look in the Bentley wiring diagrams, you'll see orange circles (in
> the color version). Those are part of the diagnostic system VW used in the
> early 70's. These are now redundant, as that set up has long been replaced
> with other forms of testing equipment. What most PO's do, is remove that
> plug,  and it's wiring to clean up the engine bay. You might say it's
> hacked, but had  the PO removed those last couple of wires, you would have
> never known it had  existed. :O And it's only now, (a few years later) that
> you're in there  digging that you found the remains of it.
>
> That system was started in mid 71, and continued until the end of
> production, but also stayed with the beetle until it's end of production
> (my  old 76 bug had one of those plugs too).
>
> Bob 65  Notch S w/Sunroof and IRS aka Krusty
> 64 T-34 Ghia aka Wolfie
> 71  Square-vert under  construction
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